Ky. Rev. Stat. § 243.170

Current through Acts Received April 8, 2024

Section 243.170 - Transactions permitted to wholesalers

(1) A wholesaler may sell, deliver, and transport distilled spirits and wine at wholesale, and from the licensed premises only, to:

(a) Other wholesalers;

(b) Retailers; or

(c) A point out of the state to persons authorized by the law of the state of their residence, and by the United States government if located in the United States, to receive the distilled spirits and wine.

(2) A wholesaler may purchase distilled spirits and wine at wholesale from licensed distillers, rectifiers, wineries, or other wholesalers and from nonresidents authorized by the law of the states of their residence, and by the United States government if located in the United States, to make the sales. A wholesaler may not transport distilled spirits and wine from any point to its own licensed premises, except as provided in KRS 243.200.

(3) No wholesaler shall sell or contract to sell, give away, or deliver any distilled spirits or wine to any person in Kentucky who is not licensed to receive, possess, distribute, or sell distilled spirits and wine, and no wholesaler shall sell or contract to sell, give away, or deliver any distilled spirits or wine to any consumer. This section does not permit sales or deliveries of distilled spirits in Kentucky by licensed wholesalers to nonresidents who are not licensed by their own states.

(4) A wholesaler may extend credit on distilled spirits and wine sold to retail licensees for a period not to exceed thirty (30) days from the date of invoice, with the date of invoice included in the total number of days. When the thirty (30) day period has passed without payment in full, no wholesaler shall sell to the licensee except for cash on delivery.

KRS 243.170

Amended by 2017 Ky. Acts ch. 62,§ 57, eff. 6/29/2017.

Amended by 2014 Ky. Acts ch. 22,§ 13, eff. 7/15/2014.

Amended by 2013 Ky. Acts ch. 121,§ 64, eff. 6/24/2013.

Effective:7/13/2004
Amended 2004, Ky. Acts ch. 123, sec. 1, effective7/13/2004. -- Amended 1972 Ky. Acts ch. 334, sec. 1. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective 10/1/1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 2554b-121.